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kàng

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kàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kàng | kang4
English translation
high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; surname

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About kàng

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

kàng

Contains the radical

tóu

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Etymology of kàng

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Positional decomposition

亠几

Explanation

Pictograph of a person with a line through their legs. Original meaning unclear.

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Example sentences using kàng

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比赛 bǐsài qián 每个 rén dōu 亢奋 kàng fèn 起来 qǐlai 开始 kāishǐ 大声喊叫 dà shēng hǎn jiào zhāo wéi 自己 zìjǐ 打气 dǎ qì

Before the game everyone gets psyched up and starts shouting.

减税 jiǎn shuì de 承诺 chéngnuò ràng 亢奋 kàng fèn de 人群 rén qún 欢呼雀跃 huān hū què yuè 起来 qǐlai

His tax-cutting pledge brought a delirious crowd to their feet.

Words with kàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
亢奋 kàng fèn excited亢奮
高亢 gāo kàng reverberating高亢 gāo kàng
甲亢 jiǎ kàng hyperthyroidism甲亢 jiǎ kàng
亢进 kàng jìn hyperfunction (medical)亢進
kàng high kàng
不卑不亢 bù bēi bù kàng neither servile nor overbearing (idiom)不卑不亢 bù bēi bù kàng
不亢不卑 bù kàng bù bēi neither haughty nor humble不亢不卑 bù kàng bù bēi
亢直 kàng zhí upright and unyielding (literary)亢直 kàng zhí

kàng Decomposition & Compounds

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